Jericho Books
Jericho Books provides a space for non-traditional voices to express fresh perspectives on today's culture and to reflect on the growing changes in the Church. We are about exploring religious, social and political issues as they relate to faith. Visit us at Jerichobooks.com and Facebook. Follow Jericho Books on Twitter.
Wendy Grisham is the VP and Publisher of Jericho Books. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the University of Warwick (in Warwickshire, UK). Before starting Jericho Books, Wendy was the director of publishing at Hodder Faith, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, a division of Hachette UK where she published the NIV Bible, Brian McLaren, Philip Yancey and Tim Keller. Her previous work includes Publishing Director at Alpha International for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Rights Manager at Random House, UK.
Jericho Books, which launches in September of 2012, provides a space for non-traditional voices to express fresh perspectives on today's culture and to reflect on the growing changes in the Church. We are about exploring religious, social and political issues as they relate to faith. At launch, Jericho is home to authors Brian McLaren, Shane Hipps, Jay Bakker, Lillian Daniel, and Becca Stevens.
Featured Books
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Sober Mercies invites readers into the unexpected gifts of a life of sobriety and spiritual renewal. It will encourage Christian readers who are suffering alone to reach out for help. As readers vicariously experience Heather's relief at discovering a new way to live, they'll see how her story is also theirs; they will recognize that what they really crave is a deeper, daily experience of God's unwavering grace. -
Poignant, at times shattering, Sarah Thebarge’s riveting memoir, The Invisible Girls, invites readers to engage in her story of finding connection, love, and redemption in the most unexpected places. -
Humorous and sincere, When 'Spiritual But Not Religious' is Not Enough is a book about people finding God in the most unexpected, unspiritual places: prisons, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and strangest of all, right there in their local church. -
More than just a memoir, Torn provides insightful, practical guidance for all committed Christians who wonder how to relate to gay friends or family members--or who struggle with their own sexuality. -
In Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed, Jay voices the questions that Christians are thinking but won't ask as he chronicles his doubt about God, the Bible, heaven and hell, church, society, relationships, grace, and love. -
In Snake Oil, Stevens tells how her childhood, marked by sexual abuse and her father’s tragic death, equipped her with the insight to understand other broken lives, leading her to establish the Magdalene residential community for prostitutes and, later, Thistle Farms.
Featured Authors
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Heather Kopp is an author, editor, and blogger. Heather blogs about addiction, grace and recovery at HeatherKopp.com. She and her husband have five grown children, and live in Colorado. -
Sarah Thebarge is a speaker and author who grew up as a pastor's kid in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She earned a masters degree in Medical Science from Yale School of Medicine and was studying Journalism at Columbia University when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. -
Rob Strong is currently serving as the Lead Pastor of Grace Community, a church located just north of Boston, MA. His nearly twenty years of ministry have been intentionally located in states called New England where he believes future of Christianity will be born. Learn more at therobstrong.com. -
Reverend Becca Stevens is an Episcopal priest serving as Chaplain at St Augustine’s at Vanderbilt University, and founder of Magdalene & Thistle Farms, a community and social enterprise that stands with women recovering from violence, prostitution, addiction and life on the streets. Her book, Snake Oil, will be out in March. -
Lillian Daniel has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, United Church of Christ, in the Chicago area since 2004. Her book, When 'Spiritual But Not Religious' is Not Enough, is out now. -
Jay Bakker is co-pastor of Revolution Church NYC, a church that meets in a bar and has a strong online following. He has two books with Jericho: Fall to Grace and Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed. -
Justin Lee is the founder and executive director of The Gay Christian Network (GCN), a nonprofit, interdenominational organization working to increase dialogue between gays and Christians and support people on both sides wrestling with related issues. -
Shane Hipps is the former lead teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. Before accepting his call as a pastor, he was a strategic planner in advertising for the multimillion dollar communications plan for Porsche. It was here that he gained expertise in understanding media and culture.
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Manuscript Submissions
Jericho Books is unable to consider or return any unsolicited manuscripts or proposals. We encourage all authors who wish to have their work considered by Jericho Books to seek representation by a literary agent.